Trolley-hanger.



J. SCOTT.

TROLLEY HANGER.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1917;;

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JAMES SCOTT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TROLLEY-HANGER.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolley-Hangers, of wliilch the following is a specification. trollZy hanger, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof partially sectioned in its bell or connecting portion. Fig. 3 is an end view looking in at or from the right, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of theporcelain tube through the medium of which and the stud the ear is anchored in the hanger.

The invention herein is located, first, in the means by which the hanger is secured to the span wire, and a straight formation is provided for engagement with the span wire and the hanger at their point of union instead of bending the wire around or upon the hanger as heretofore, and secondly, in the novel construction whereby the car which carries the trolley wire is supported in the hanger.

Having reference first to the portion of the hanger having to do with the span or suspensory wire 2, the part immediately associated therewith consists in a bar 3, of cast brass or wrought iron and having a perfectly straight top surface provided with a channel or groove of approximately half round formation adapted to receive the span wire therein, While the ends of said bar are provided with keepers 4 of substantially L shape or of hook shape adapted to receive and hold the fastening wedge 5. The said keepers are open on opposite sides'of bar 3,

so that the wedge is overhung thereby at opposite sides, and said wedge has a channel in its bottom engaging upon or over the wire 2 and through which the hanger is locked on said wire.

Two material advantages are obtained from this method or manner of engaging the hanger on the wire. First, it enables the hanger to be easily moved or slid along on the span wire to bring it in line with Specification of Letters Patent.

invention consists in a straight line.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

Application filed. May 20, 1916. Serial No. 98,728.

the trolley wire 6, and secondly, it provides a quick and easy" way of securing the hanger on the wire. All repair work, especially, must usually be done in a hurry and generally while cars are waiting to pass, and the wedge is of special advantage in such cases as it need only be inserted and driven to place and this can be quickly and easily done by means of a hammer or other tool.

A'substantially bell-shaped member I) is formed in the same piece with the bar 3 and the said member or bell serves as the primary supporting medium for the trolley wire 6 from said bar. Otherwise the supports for said wire 6 comprise the usual socalled ear 7, which has a bottom channel in which the wire 6 is clenched from opposite sides, the screw stud 8 having threaded engagement in said ear, and the porcelain or equivalent sleeve 9 which is secured in the bell by means of a suitable cement.

It will be noticed that the bell I) has an inside annular flange 10 embedded in the cement 12, and the tube 9 has an enlarged or headed upper end shouldered at its bottom in the cement above said flange while screw stud 8 has a fiat-sided head seated in a corresponding opening in the enlargement of said tube. This makes a strong and durable support for the trolley wire and unifies the hanger. If necessary the ear 7 can be unscrewed from stud 8 and the entire hanger can be released by releasing the wedge 5.

The screw stud is engaged against rotation in the top ofsleeve 9 and the bell shaped suspensory member may have any preferred shape but must be hollow to hold the cement.

What I claim is:

1. A hanger for trolley wires having a straight top bar provided with a channel from end to end in the top thereof to en- 7 gage a span wire therein and provided with substantially L-shaped keepers at its ends overhanging said channel from opposite sides and adapted to receive a single wedge engaged in both keepers, the said keepers being constructed to confine said wedge laterally and the said wedge having the full length of said bar.

2. A hanger for trolley wires having a straight top bar provided with a channel lengthwise in its top for a wire and a suspensory portion at the bottom thereof at right angles to said top portion constructed In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 0 fasteil altnilley (\ivire therein, the said bar in presence of two Witnesses.

avin 100 -s iape keepers at its ends overhangi g said channel from opposite sides JAMES SCOTT 5 and a Wedge engaged in said keepers having Witnesses: V a channel in its bottom over the channel in R. B. Mosnn,

said bar. UrEO. E. KRIGKER.

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